Rating Group: National Council of Agricultural Employers
2006 Positions
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK | U.S. Senate-Sr | Lisa Murkowski | R | 66% |
| AL | U.S. Senate-Sr | Richard Shelby | R | 57% |
| AL | U.S. Senate-Jr | Jeff Sessions III | R | 33% |
| AR | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mark Pryor | D | 66% |
| AR | U.S. Senate-Jr | John Boozman | R | 86% |
| AZ | U.S. Senate-Sr | John McCain III | R | 87% |
| CA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Dianne Feinstein | D | 66% |
| CA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Barbara Boxer | D | 66% |
| DE | U.S. Senate-Sr | Tom Carper | D | 66% |
| FL | U.S. Senate-Sr | William Nelson, Sr. | D | 77% |
| GA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Saxby Chambliss | R | 44% |
| GA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Johnny Isakson | R | 33% |
| IA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Chuck Grassley | R | 33% |
| IA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Tom Harkin | D | 66% |
| ID | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mike Crapo | R | 55% |
| IL | U.S. Senate-Sr | Dick Durbin | D | 66% |
| KS | U.S. Senate-Sr | Pat Roberts | R | 44% |
| KS | Governor | Sam Brownback | R | 77% |
| KY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mitch McConnell | R | 55% |
| LA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mary Landrieu | D | 77% |
| LA | U.S. Senate-Jr | David Vitter | R | 44% |
| MD | U.S. Senate-Sr | Barbara Mikulski | D | 66% |
| ME | U.S. Senate-Sr | Susan Collins | R | 55% |
| MI | U.S. Senate-Sr | Carl Levin | D | 66% |
| MI | U.S. Senate-Jr | Debbie Stabenow | D | 55% |
| MS | U.S. Senate-Sr | Thad Cochran | R | 44% |
| MT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Max Baucus | D | 77% |
| NA | President | Barack Obama II | D | 66% |
| NA | Vice President | Joe Biden, Jr. | D | 62% |
| NA | U.S. Secretary of Defense | Charles Hagel | R | 88% |
| NA | U.S. Secretary of State | John Kerry | D | 66% |
| NC | U.S. Senate-Sr | Richard Burr | R | 44% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate-Sr | Frank Lautenberg | D | 66% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate-Jr | Bob Menendez | D | 62% |
| NV | U.S. Senate-Sr | Harry Reid | D | 66% |
| NY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Chuck Schumer | D | 66% |
| OK | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jim Inhofe | R | 55% |
| OK | U.S. Senate-Jr | Thomas Coburn | R | 33% |
| OR | U.S. Senate-Sr | Ron Wyden | D | 66% |
| RI | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jack Reed | D | 66% |
| SC | U.S. Senate-Sr | Lindsey Graham | R | 66% |
| SD | U.S. Senate-Sr | Timothy Johnson | D | 66% |
| SD | U.S. Senate-Jr | John Thune | R | 33% |
| TN | U.S. Senate-Sr | Lamar Alexander | R | 44% |
| TX | U.S. Senate-Sr | John Cornyn | R | 55% |
| UT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Orrin Hatch | R | 44% |
| VT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Patrick Leahy | D | 66% |
| WA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Patty Murray | D | 66% |
| WA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Maria Cantwell | D | 66% |
| WY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mike Enzi | R | 50% |
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | Other | 66% | ||
| Wayne Allard | Other | 44% | ||
| Evan Bayh | Other | 66% | ||
| Bob Bennett | Other | 55% | ||
| Jeff Bingaman | Other | 66% | ||
| Kit Bond | Other | 44% | ||
| Jim Bunning | Other | 33% | ||
| Robert Byrd | Other | 33% | ||
| Hillary Clinton | Other | 66% | ||
| Norm Coleman | Other | 66% | ||
| Kent Conrad | Other | 77% | ||
| Larry Craig | Other | 88% | ||
| James DeMint | Other | 44% | ||
| Chris Dodd | Other | 66% | ||
| Elizabeth Dole | Other | 33% | ||
| Pete Domenici, Jr. | Other | 77% | ||
| Byron Dorgan | Other | 44% | ||
| John Ensign | Other | 44% | ||
| Russ Feingold | Other | 66% | ||
| Judd Gregg | Other | 55% | ||
| Kay Hutchison | Other | 55% | ||
| Daniel Inouye | Other | 66% | ||
| Edward Kennedy, Sr. | Other | 66% | ||
| Herb Kohl | Other | 66% | ||
| Jon Kyl | Other | 55% | ||
| Joe Lieberman | Other | 66% | ||
| Blanche Lincoln | Other | 66% | ||
| Trent Lott, Sr. | Other | 50% | ||
| Dick Lugar | Other | 66% | ||
| Melquiades Martinez | Other | 88% | ||
| Ben Nelson | Other | 44% | ||
| Ken Salazar | Other | 62% | ||
| Gordon Smith | Other | 66% | ||
| Olympia Snowe | Other | 66% | ||
| Arlen Specter | Other | 75% | ||
| Ted Stevens | Other | 71% | ||
| John Sununu | Other | 37% | ||
| George Voinovich | Other | 88% | ||
| John Warner | Other | 66% |
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